Location
Hounslow, London

Hours
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm with hybrid working (3 days at your local assessment centre or more if preferred)

Salary
£46,813 per annum with the opportunity to increase salary by £2,000 within 12 months (£1,000 after 6 months following training and approval, and an additional £1,000 at 12 months). Further salary uplifts available as you learn new specialist skills. Up to 10% annual bonus paid quarterly.

About the Role
Are you an experienced, motivated, high-performing clinician seeking a new way to use your clinical skills while achieving a better work-life balance? As a Functional Assessor with Ingeus, you will carry out functional assessments with claimants face to face, via video and telephone, to evaluate their ability to undertake activities of daily living. You will ask focused questions, use active listening and critical reasoning skills to gather accurate information, and produce high-quality, structured clinical reports for submission to the DWP. You will review and evaluate evidence, request additional information when necessary, and clinically triage cases to determine the correct assessment pathway. Working alongside other experienced clinical colleagues, you will contribute to ensuring fair and high-quality assessments for all claimants. Benefits include 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (with option to buy more), paid CPD, reimbursed registration fees, a structured training programme to achieve formal DWP accreditation, clear career progression routes within Ingeus and the wider APM Group, a supportive clinically led culture, and up to £2,000 refer a friend reward scheme.

Experience
Minimum of 12 months post-qualification and registration experience. Must have been practicing as a clinician in the UK for the last 12 months.

About you
- Registered with NMC as an Adult Nurse (RGN, RMN, RNLD) or with HCPC as a Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, or Paramedic.
- Excellent communication and critical-thinking skills.
- Confident in typing and using computers.
- Open to a formalised training programme to become a DWP approved Functional Assessor.
- Receptive to ongoing constructive feedback to ensure claimants receive the best experience.
- Comfortable learning different software packages to complete detailed, high-quality reports.
- Thrives in a structured working environment and is motivated to use clinical skills in a new way.

Qualifications
Current professional registration with NMC or HCPC as applicable.

Additional Information
This role may not be suitable if you are uncomfortable with technology, dislike writing detailed reports, prefer hands-on clinical care, are not seeking a new clinical career direction, do not want to work with targets, or are unable to work onsite for 3 days per week.